The National tribune., 1887-07-14
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
The Weeks DOingS at The Ma
dOnal Capital
prrRAuprNo THE GOVERNMENT.

the Second C0mptrOlicrs Once, was arrested
charged with having secured favorable action
10y the accounting officers upon OVER S10OOO
worth of forged horse claims. of which amount
he had already received $1,000 in cash. Harvey
WAS taken before Secretary FairchIid. Solicitor
General McCue Third Auditor Williams aud
several other oiicia Is. and made fu coniesslOn
Of has guilt. He Was promptly dismissed the
SERVICE aud turned over " the Local authorities
Tor trial.
Harvey was appointed Chief OF the Horse
Claims Division, THIRD Auditors Office, in the
Summer OF lss5, al the special request Of Mr..
Smith, then Assistant Secretary of the Treasury,
the two men having been classmates at college
in their earlier days Last FEBRUARY Harvey
accepted a transfer 10 the Second CumptrOllcT's
Office where he received an increase of
500 20 has yearly salary. About 10 days
ago Col. Brown, VINO succeeded bIm Chief
OF the Horse Claims DIVISION, discovered That
q certain alleged claim contained one name
in the body oil the document, while another
name WAS signed 10 the claim. Col Brown's
suspicious were aroused, aud an investga-
tlOn, assisted 10y the Secret Service force
Of the Department, instituted De-
tectives were dispatched 10 various parts of the
country where the alleged claim was supposed
90 have originated. but none of the parties
named in the claim or in the testimony tled
with a. could be found. The further discovery
was made that there were large number Of
paid, aud others that bad passed successfully
through the various Department channels hut
simply waited for the money, already appro-
priatUd, 10 become available. The fJTgerlcs
were traced to Harvey, and IL appears that he
conceived the scheme himself, manufactured
the claims aud tho testimony aud passed upon
them himsolf without arousing the slightest
suspicion.
MIR Brown says his suspicious were first
aroused 10y pecularity in the autograph sig
natures TO numb,r OF CLAIMS for horses lost
or abandoned during the war by officers of
Pennsylvania and New Jersey regiments On
the 2Oth Of june he discovered SEA pabie for
gerry Ia an alleged claim OF ii. Stafford Camp
bell, late Lieutenant Colonel S3d Pa, for three
horses, vaued nt 500 each. lost at different
times. Subsequently il was found thai the
Second Auditors name had been forged in the
certificates received lram that Office. The claims
which had been allowed were then overlaulcd
and n almost every instance it was found that
the Second AUDITORS certificate as TO signatures
had been distracted, together with other papers.
ln thgs WAY 80 fraudulent claims. aggregating
81. 200, were paid. la addition there have been
l5O similar cases adjusted aggregatng $4,000,
and there are still pending and unad lusted 0S
cases, amounting 20 $l3.6O0, making total OF
26l fraudulent cases which might have been
eventually paid out but FOR the discovery. Mr.
Harvey left Washington q few dyas ago on a
about 10 return. lie was brought 10 this city
by officers OF the Secret Service who have kept
him under surveillance since he was first sus-
peeled. de asked 10 see the Secretary, aud
Mr.. Fairchild consented 90 see him. District
Attorney MorthingtOn was sent for aud Dir.
Harvey SAW the Secretary in his presence. lie
was much depressed in spirits aud seemed 90
be very penitent When he was informed OF
the evidence against him he broke down com
pletely aud made full confession of has guilt.
lte admitted not only that the papers on which
the claims were hased were fraudulent aud the
signatures forged. but thai the stamps OF the
Quartermnster- Generals Second Auditors aud
Third Auditors Offices were countcrleils. aud
had been procured and used by him. de fur
ther stated that he had mo- accompiices in any
OF the transactions, aud that the whole scheme
had been concocted 10y himself
A TRIBUTE TO GEN. KILPATRTcK.
At the regular meeting OF John A. Rawlins
Post, held on Friday night last, an interesting
Campfire talk WAS made by Conrade William
Small, OF the Washing ON Bar ASSOCIATION on
the military life aud services of the famous
cavalry leader, Gen. JudsOn Fitzpatrick, from
the time hu entered West Point, ia IsJ6 70 the
close of Che rebellion.
Among other things Mr. Small called atten-
ti0n 10 tho fact that kilpatTIck Was wounded
an the hrst battle OF the war. at Bog Bethel,
june n, 1861. aud again az Rcsaca, Ca. IN ls64.
and that his early demise, which took place al
Santiago, Chill, December, 1851, is traccahle To
these aud other injuries sustained by him in
the service. He also gave an outline OF Xii.
patrick's active par;ic patton in the Eastern
and Western campaigns, particularly those Of
Gettysburg, Georgia, South aud North Carolina
and 10 his famous Richmond raid.
Mr. Small claimed that the Union army did
not furnish commander who excelled XII
patrick for long and continuous services for
Flf a.
over the enemy, aud asserted that as lur ex-
p0sure 70 personal hardships and active partici-
patton Ia daring exploits, Kilpatrck's pre-.
emncnce Is indIsputable" Furthermore that
he we'll represented the young men Of the army,
Go whom Is due, ia SO large a measure the
credit ior the succrss Of the Union arms ia the
late WaT; that lac the perfect type OF this
class la his youthiulness irreprossible zeal,
and invincible intrepdiIy.
Fitzpatrick was Ouy 23 years old when he
entered thc Army as SeeOnd Lieutenant and
Nas scarcely q when the war closed aud he
WAS mustered out as MajOr-General of Noun-
teers. For m0fe than two and a half years
he had commanded d division of cavalry, and
ht different times lac had not less than lo rcgi-
ments under him.
SHERIDAN AND DRUM
ANashington correspondent Of the New York
b0ra writes: Gen. Sheridan" said an old
Army oihccr this morning 4" has not forgotten
how 10 ighi, aud ] think Secretary Eudlcott
and hdjt-Gen. Drum viii find il out too be-
lore they arc many weeks older 1 called on
6cn. Sheridan a short time ago, and give YOU
my word that iavc never seen Little phn'
ln such a rage since the battle Of Five Forks
Bis lace was llyld, and, in fact The General of
The Army was using some pretty strong Ian
FuaEe.
- Why, General" said 1, what IN the world
is the matterY'
" hatter.' he exclaimed that - fool.
Drum, has actually revoked ono of NV orders
IhiLk Of tiny Adiuiaut' ] viii not quote
the Generals iurthor observation. h wasn't
exactly polite. THIS Is what Drum had dune:
Mr. Eudlc0u left town the day before Mr.
EndicoJt Is absent about hali tie timel ana
designated Gen. Drum 20 act M Secretary 0f
War In his aisoncG A. Acting Secretary Mr.
Drum had rescinded one Of Gen. shcfidau's
orders. I'm uther words. Gen sheriaan's Chief
oi slah bad the temciity 10 revoke an order Of
has superior officer. Gen Sheridan las kent
very quiet aud submitted 10 q number Of In
diRuities from tho Secretary OF Mar. but I
think he has decided that Il Is about time 10
call halt. The matter is NJ present receiving
the attention of the President aud Won can
look ior something 10 drop in the ueIghb0r-
hood OF The War Department bclJro many
days.
TIRE HAWAIIAN REVOLUTION.
Nothing is known at the State Department
OF the revolution la Hawaii beyond " bat WAS
printed IN the papers. There Is no cable CON.
ncctlou between this country aud the sand
wich Islands aud consequently advices are
SLOW ia reaching Washington. The impor-